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This site is designed to help you if you are looking for ethnic recipes or meal ideas from around the globe. You can search for a recipe (using the search box on the right) or use the drop down menus at the top of the page which include region, country, base ingredient or "pot luck"
 


Indian Recipe and Meal Ideas
Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Masala Vada

A special preparation of spicy masala vada.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

  • Cooking time: 30 minutes (with soaking time of 1.5 hours)
  • Serves 4-5
  • Required ingredients:
  • Split Bengal Gram (channa dal) -- 1 cup
  • Split Green Gram (moong dal) -- 1/4 cup
  • Cinnamon -- half inch stick
  • Cloves -- 3
  • Coriander Seeds Powder (dhaniya powder) -- 1 tsp.
  • Ginger Paste -- 1 tsp.
  • Garlic -- 1 tsp.
  • Nutmeg Powder -- 1/4 tsp.
  • Chopped Onion -- 1/2 cup
  • Chopped Green Chili -- 1 tsp.
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to deep fry



Method:


Mix the two dals and soak for 1.5 hours.
Drain water from the soaked soal. Add salt to taste and put it in a mixture and grind into a semi-soft paste
(do not
make too soft; do not add any water).
Crush cinnamon stick and cloves into powder and add to the paste. Add coriander seeds powder, nutmeg
powder,
onion, garlic, ginger and green chili. Mix well. Make this dough into small balls (roughly half the size of a
golf ball)
and keep aside.
In a deep skillet warm oil and deep fry the balls on lo w heat until brown.


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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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